this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
16 points (66.0% liked)
Progressive Politics
3470 readers
477 users here now
Welcome to Progressive Politics! A place for news updates and political discussion from a left perspective. Conservatives and centrists are welcome just try and keep it civil :)
(Sidebar still a work in progress post recommendations if you have them such as reading lists)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
And the Lipid Nano-particle delivery system found in some of the vaccines were in development for a long time as well, but it's a lot newer than the mRNA drugs so that's not really a great argument to make imo. Not nearly as expirimental as the shots that Trump took after contracting the virus, he had truly experimental antibodies injected directly into his veins.
I think most people fail to grasp how much danger he must have been in for someone to say "lets inject this experimental drug into the President of the United States" and everyone else in the room going "yeah, that's probably our best course at this point".
That is one of the craziest things in presidential history IMO and almost no one seems to think it's a big deal when I bring it up.
Idk, president Garfield died because his surgeon didn't believe in germ theory and tried to dig the bullet out with his unwashed hands.
This is pretty tame compared to that.
Fair. That or Teddy banging out the second half of a speech with bullet in his chest have got to be the craziest moments in presidential medical care.